Lucy Davis (equestrian)

Lucy Davis (born October 22, 1992, in Los Angeles, California) is an American show jumping competitor and 2016 Olympian.

[3] She grew as a rider and was supported by her family, who had some equestrian background, as her grandfather, Robert Barron Frieze, was a jockey's agent, and her mother rode casually.

[4] Davis showed in the pony and junior hunters competitive divisions before convincing her mother to let her compete in the jumper ring when she was fourteen.

Growing up, Davis also played soccer, but she later dropped the sport at age sixteen to pursue equestrian competition full-time.

[5][3] Davis went to her first international competition when she attended the North American Junior and Young Rider Championships (NAJYRC).